What did you do to your subaru today?

I bought one!

 

Put a new battery in and took the rally car out for a spin.

 

Bizarre...exact same two things I did/ notice on my daughters saabaru on Christmas.

 

Added a new Subaru to the family. Bought it for 1k for my nephew.

1998 Legacy GT

 

Installed some rally armor universals. Was kind of rushed so I need to go back and tweek them a bit but overall pretty satisfied for 26 bucks after shipping.

 

Invidia n1 turbo back and a tune by nuke! Yup now I'm loud

 

Why so narrow?

 

I bought a set of Yokohama YK580 tires for a summer set! Tis the season right!?

 

Also does anyone have these/ whatta ya think of them? Mods If this is the wrong place for this please let me know or move it to the best spot?

 

The battery finally died on the wrx so I replaced it with the wife's forester battery, then replaced the fozz with a diehard gold. Also found the leaking coolent and tighten that **** up. Great way to start the New year.

 

Sad day Hopefully only cosmetic stuff and nothing too spendy..

 

That's why we all need dash cams so we can post videos of ourselves throwing fits about stupid people. I was following a semi one day and watched 3-5 of his trailer tires blow out within about 2 miles.. He never even slowed down.

 

Did you get any pictures of that mess?

 

Not sure about the front end damage, but the fender liner shouldn't be too bad to replace. I've ripped out more fender liners than I'd like to admit doing AutoX. Just remember to buy replacement clips since you probably broke a few. Good luck.

 

Today (Saturday) I kicked the Legacy out of the garage and put my mother-in-law's 2010 Ford Escape in the garage. The 8 year old Optima red top has a hard time spinning the Legacy's engine when it is zero out - &$%#, it had difficulty in extreme cold when the battery was new. In anticipation of a high on Monday of 15 below zero, I have more faith in the Escape's 4 year old OEM battery (load tested just a couple weeks ago during a multi-point inspection at the Ford dealer). I have an appointment after work on Monday so I need a car that will start. Plus the Escape has a remote start - it's only FWD but I put a set of snow tires on it a couple weeks ago. The old style Escapes are as crude as they come...not impressive when compared to the current gen which my wife drives. Sorry Legacy...I am waiting for Diehard Platinum AGMs to go on sale.

 

Added club stickers and my NF sticker

 

Went out and started it up after sitting for well over a week, while we were on our honeymoon. First try started right up!

 

T6 in the motor, Extra-S in the tranny and rear diff. She's a happy car now Gear box feels super smooth

 

today I jumped my car because I havent used it in about a week....

 

Replaced the s**tty rubber fuel lines that run under the intake manifold and leak like a son of a b when it's really cold out. Apparently that's common on these and it's never been fixed. Holy hell did it suck. Pushing 6 hours and some serious frustrations but finally succeeded. These cars are definitely not big hand friendly.

On a better note, since I knew I was gonna be balls deep in the top end I figured it'd be a perfect time to order an intercooler hose set. Put that thing in as well this evening. Holy. Shiz. Thought that cool whistling like sound that I had before was cool cuz you could hear the turbo working and figured it was normal. Well, now I can't hear the turbo whining anymore but also pretty much doubled my boost. So obviously that whistling sound I heard was a massive boost leak. I swear this thing feels like it has twice the power now. Damn.

Also, noticed while I had things apart that I had a decent amount of oil on the inside of the input hose and also on the hose connections at the intercooler. Didn't have any on the intake side of the intercooler, but can't imagine that it's good. Is this "normal" or is there something going on that I should know about? Thanks much.

 

Bought a new battery to replace my eight year old Optima red top.

 

Go with another Optima? My 05 vintage yellow top is still running strong, no problems in the recent cold.

 

Picked up an interstate battery to replace the original from 09. Spendy little buggers

 

Ran mine through the wash since the temps were much nicer today.


Also recently installed a steering wheel.

 

Ordered a new blank key w/fob for the Rogue, and got it successfully cut and programmed for the lock/unlock/panic etc. The only thing that is odd, is that the blade it self unlocks the door, smoothly slides in to the ignition and turns, but the car does not turn over when I turn the key. Is this a chip deal?

 

I'd bet yes. You need a programmed key for most cars today. They have a transponder internally in the rubber end. True Value hardware cut and programmed mine. That was in Prior Lake. They clone one of your current working keys.

 

Washed the beast twice today.. Gotta love the unlimited wash pass

 

Bleed out the brakes on the rally car (thanks for pumpin Jesse ) took it for a spin.

 

New rainx latitude wipers. I also figured out the back wiper is a weird one. Need to find a refill for it.

 

I wanted to go with another AGM battery because I really liked not having to remove the battery and attend to the usual cleaning of the cable ends and battery associated with a typical lead-acid battery. However the Legacy is now 9 model-years old and I couldn't justify the $200+ price of a new AGM battery for a car I might keep only another 2 or 3 years. Since the non-AGM contenders (Interstate, DieHard, Durastart, and EverStart) all had the same cold cranking amp rating of 640, I decided to go with an EverStart Maxx as an impulse buy when I was in Walmart to pick up a quart of oil and some bulbs for my mother-in-law's Escape. The everyday price of the EverStart was $25 to $30 less than the everyday price of the others (the Interstate was out of the running right off the bat because of no built-in carrying handle...at least in their website photos). I would have used some Subaru Bucks and bought OEM, but they offer only one level of "quality" and it was 90 CCA less than aftermarket. The Optima (now 8 years old) always started the car, although on days with a high of zero and sitting out all day at work I had doubts because the Optima really struggled to turn over the engine even when new (I don't remember if the sticker on the Optima says 720 or 740 CCA).

 

Spent an hour detailing the interior.
Winter Tech Tip: don't leave an unopened Mountain Dew can in the car.

 

Peeled the plasti dip off my wheels. Halfassedly

 

Washed my wife's Altima and my Subie.

 

To pillboy, oriely's has an AGM for $140. Not sure if we can get a discount on it. Supposed to be a relabeled good one.

 

Pretty sure you have to buy the oem one. It replaces the whole plastic arm. I'm not aware of an aftermarket one anyway. They are only $11-13 at Morrie's.

 

My sedan doesn't need a rear wiper therefore sedan > wagon. I now understand why the 2015 is only offered in sedan form!

 

Sweet wheel, what kidn is it?

 

It's made by Prova.
http://www.rallysportdirect.com/Prova-D-Shaped-Steering-Wheel-Subaru-WRX-STI-2008-2011